Code Red or Is it Orange- Nat' L Security Breaches; General Petraeus Caught with His Down! (797 hits)
What's wrong with this picture? Generals for goodness sakes, keep your 'pitas in your pants' !!! I was trying to wait for someone else to bring up this topic, but I couldn't stand it any longer. What in Sam's Hill going on in the CIA or is it the FBI???
Are we not in the midst of an economic downturn and these Generals are finding it easy that they can be caught with their britches down causing breaches in our national security. I'm sorry but I'm not taking this laying down ( no pun intended) and I hope you aren't either!
I'm writing the Senator(s) and Representative of my State tomorrow to ask that the General Allen also resign! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that something's rotten on Captitol Hill or is that in Afghanistan?
{Meanwhile, FBI officials searched Paula Broadwell's North Carolina home late Monday night. They left carrying several boxes. Officials tell CBS News the scandal began to surface in June, when Broadwell emailed Kelley telling her to stay away from Petraeus. This was about the time Broadwell and Petraeus broke off their affair. Sources say that when Petraeus learned Broadwell was sending harassing emails to Kelley, he asked her to stop. }
Is Paula serious?! Isn't Gen. Petraeus OPP (Other People's Property)? What business does she have telling the other bimbo to stay away from him. Hooches!!!
Jen, haven't looked into this. But now I will.
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 6:58PM
Steve Williams
Please do brother and let me know your thoughts, because I want to know what you and others think about it rather than allow the media to brainwash us to the facts that are right in front of our noses. It's not a surprise that this came out after the election, eh especially when folk behind the scenes have known for months and even Mrs. Petraeus.
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 7:31PM
Jen Fad
Why do I feel P-etrayed. Ha!
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 7:34PM
Jen Fad
Jen, every turn of this scandal opens to a Pandora's box. I wanted to blog the story, but found it has so much going on. I would of call "Petangled" It's one for a Goody's headache powder.
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 7:36PM
MIISRAEL Bride
I hear you Miisrael. .. Ain't that the truth! It really sounds like two school girls cat fighting over somebody elses' man. Its really sickening.
/* It'll do it to you every time...desires of the flesh! Sheeba got Solomon that way, remember? Fella's, ya got to have some control - I know it's hard. ...Ooops, pardon my pun. I guess it would be pretty difficult for those guys, ya know, the lap dances, money and power, and all. Know what I mean? :-)
Put a little ice on it and listen to the other head guys - you'll be glad you did. Don't believe it? Just ask all the guys who chased and caught some tail...what were the repercussions?
"Fella's, ya got to have some control - I know it's hard. ...Ooops, pardon my pun."
LOL! That's Good advice.
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 8:23PM
MIISRAEL Bride
This was one of the things they grilled the President on during the press conference. What did he know and when did he know it?
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 8:50PM
Steve Williams
@ Gregory,
You know that's right. I'm surprised that the General could keep it up with a woman that age! It's sad, but this is the reason more and more older women are trying to elongate ... opps ... their men's desire for them by going under the knife to look and feel beautiful.
Please someone, tell me what's up with Gen. Petraeus' hair! Did he get a perm or straightener or color added trying to look younger than he really is?
Now that you mention it Irma, I think I I have read a few novels recently with this theme. Truth is stranger than fiction?
Wednesday, November 14th 2012 at 11:19PM
Steve Williams
Just be glad that was the worst of it Jake!
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 12:32AM
Steve Williams
I'm calling it Code Red! Ha!
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 12:38AM
Steve Williams
Well you better. And if Janelle is reading over your shoulder I'll bet it's not the last time you hear those words, Code Red. Fair warning, then you get hit in the head!
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 12:58AM
Steve Williams
Generals,
repeat after me; Just say No to those hooches! I think there should be a penalty when folk who suppose to be old enough to know better do messed up stuff like forfeit their medals or pension. That's hitting them where it hurts.
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 2:23AM
Jen Fad
Thank you georgeBush, lindseyMcCain and cheneyLeiberman for giving USA an nonGeneral Petraeus
------to PROPAGANDIZE USA Citizens into the carnalDen of Iraq and Afghanistan --- destroying USA economy, 8K USA DEAD, Millions wounded and displaced
the Petraeus hooche was always the American and Muslim communities in the middleEast
---- thats the Real Picture........REMEMBER BetrayUs.................
We have lost 8K souls too, many! Definitely don't see how this news of Gen. Petraeus and or possibly Gen. Allen is good for our US military.
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 10:56AM
Jen Fad
Jen F... not only do power corrupts....but all the "trimmings" that goes alone with the territory. Just because a man wear 4 stars on his shoulder does not mean he is not weak below the waist!! They are not different than any other uxorious man.! Great topic...!
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 1:11PM
Earl Brown
The General was Found Under Carnal Knowledge! F**k! His career is now.
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 1:21PM
Earl Brown
Bill Clinton however has been forgiven, and campaigned successfully for Mr. Obama. The problem I had with Clinton wasn't the act itself nor even his lying, because none of that is grounds for impeachment. My problem with him was that I think he should have told everyone who tried to make it some other issue than something that was between him and his wife should (I will use the polite phrase) mind their own business.
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 2:05PM
Steve Williams
We should judge all our leaders (and Generals, as Robert points out) by their service or disservice, as the case may be, to their country. Everyone is entitled to their private personal life. Of course if it involves espionage then it becomes a public matter. I believe this is what the FBI is investigating.
Thursday, November 15th 2012 at 2:13PM
Steve Williams
Past CIA officers have been known to withhold information about questionable activities so presidents will have “plausible deniability.” In the matter of retired Gen. David Petraeus’ career-killing extramarital affair, President Barack Obama is stuck with a deniable plausibility.
It is plausible that the FBI kept the president in the dark about the FBI investigation that turned up his CIA director’s extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell. Privacy, among other concerns, needs to be protected early in investigations.
Yet, it also is suspiciously coincidental that the sad scandal, for which Petraeus resigned, came to public light a mere two days after Obama’s re-election — a campaign in which the CIA’s role in Benghazi, Libya, was a big right-wing talking point.
The predictable baying hounds of partisan Obama-bashing are joined in this instance by such skeptical Democrats as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. She’s miffed that Congress was not put in the loop earlier about the FBI’s probe into the then-CIA director’s relationship.
But before we get to the classic Watergate-era question — “What did the president know and when did he know it?” — I have a more fundamental question in mind: Why did this hot story have to become public at all?
The probe that led to Petraeus’ sudden exit began, according to news accounts, with a complaint several months ago by Jill Kelley, a Tampa woman known for throwing parties with her husband for military personnel at nearby MacDill Air Force Base. Kelley reportedly complained to the FBI about “harassing” emails that the FBI traced back to Paula Broadwell, Petraeus’ biographer.
The emails revealed evidence of an intimate extramarital relationship, according to media accounts, but after months of investigation the FBI found that neither the retired general nor Broadwell had broken any laws.
So, if the FBI concluded there was no criminal case, why was this matter brought to public attention? If there was no evidence of a crime, why would the president have to be told?
According to The New York Times’ account, the FBI investigators confronted Petraeus about two weeks before Election Day and concluded that there were no breaches of national security or other crimes.
Yet, Petraeus did not offer his resignation at once. He undoubtedly knew that his resignation and the CIA’s intelligence failures would zoom to the top of everybody’s talking points in a close election campaign and superheated media atmosphere. He did not intend to resign, The Washington Post reported Monday, quoting “two longtime military aides to Petraeus,” until it became clear that his affair was about to become public.
Sometime near the end of October, an unidentified FBI employee reportedly took the matter into his own hands and told two congressional Republicans, Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington state and later House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who said in a statement that the employee “was concerned that sensitive, classified information might have been compromised.” Bu there were no details as to what the informant was trying to expose or whether he might have had political motives.
Cantor said he turned over the information to FBI Director Robert Mueller, who I would hope already was aware of what his underlings had discovered. But did the president need to know, too?
Yes, says Rep. Peter King, a New York Republican who says that the FBI had “an absolute obligation to tell the president,” once their probe came close to the CIA director. But rules normally forbid revealing too much too soon to members of an administration about others who are being investigated. Privacy and reputations can be needlessly damaged if the allegations don’t pan out.
Besides, If the FBI had notified the White House sooner about Petraeus, we might well be hearing howls from lawmakers, including King, that the investigation had become politicized.
Now that the cat’s out of the bag, a vigorous debate has erupted over whether Petraeus should have resigned or not. He might have been able to carry out his job as well as ever, but as a fellow Army veteran, I appreciate his bow to the high value that the military culture puts on honor.
He did the right thing to preserve whatever public honor he has left, which is considerable. The rest is between him and his family.
Clarence Page is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune; cpage@tribune.com.
I don't why Jill Kelley was hating on the other Broad because they both were chasing after other people's property. You can't do that when folk work for intelligence and can uncover your business Quick!
Drop box came unlocked Pop!
Monday, November 19th 2012 at 2:02PM
Jen Fad
Ha! Though this ain't no laughing matter for any of those involved especially the wives of the men!
Monday, November 19th 2012 at 2:03PM
Jen Fad
looool! Well, as I was told by the elder men.... "don't let that little head...out think the big head".
Monday, November 19th 2012 at 2:32PM
Earl Brown
Jen, this is not new. the media is just taking a new stance. Some men have never kept their pants up even in the barnyard. That is why we have beastiality laws. Some men think they have a right to all of the women in the world and they proceed to impregnate as many as they can. We wouldn't be having the issues we have in america if he had kept his britches zipped. The problem is the fact that the so called "white" man will not tell the truth about his own heritage. How did they get dark hair and eyes? how did they get lips and hips? and who made them god and gave them permission to call all of the shots and name everybody? Then, we just fell in line. Black, White Red, Yellow and all colors and do not decribe any of the people that has been identified as such. That is why I refuse to acepte any of it. I IDENTIFY MY SELF AND DENY NONE OF WHO I AM.
I am sure that this was not the first time. The wives stayed so they allowed the mess to continue. Dr. Phil says we women teach them how to treat us. How about that?
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 at 12:16PM
Thomasena Martin-Johnson
Thomasena, yes, we all did fall in line. Many are still in line but hopefully there will be a great awakening. I think it may be underway.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 at 12:26PM
Steve Williams
@Charmell remember when they said Ebonics' cussing ,ghetto , now the Hippocratic get caught with his pants down @Thomasena your right on target my sister scandal been jumping off for years 1776–1899 Grover Cleveland, President (D): During the 1884 election, Cleveland, a bachelor, paid child support to Maria Crofts Halpin, even though he may not have been the father of her son. Halpin was known to have had s*xual relationships with a number of men, including Cleveland's close friend and future father-in-law, Oscar Folsom, for whom the child was named. The controversy prompted Cleveland's opponents to adopt the chant, "Ma, ma, where's my pa?" After Cleveland won the election, the chant was answered by, "Gone to the White House, ha, ha, ha!" (1884)[98] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_feder...
We must not forget the general is a Conservative coming under the banner of CHRISTIAN, FAMILY VALUE IN CHRISTIAN AMERICA...
ANY WAY IT SEEM THAT THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTRY HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO BE DEFINED AS 's*x ADCTION', WHEN COMMITED BY THE RICH AND FAMOUS...ANYONE REMEMBER WHO WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012, AND A SERIAL ADULTURER ALONG WITH WIFE AND CHILDREN NEGLECT ON THAT SAME CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY????????????????????????????? (NUP/ SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
I know the first general is a Republican, soes any one know if the second general is one also. I always from th estart pity any one on th eright who will in any way embrace our president...I am not worried about th egovernor of N.J. as he survived saying someting positive about Muslims in th epast so he can handle himself, and will be running for president in 2016 to boot. (smile)
OH and which is more against our national security... a presdident or the speaker of the house (and third for being president) or a 4 star general having s*x with someone not their wife while in office? ...JUST TINKING ...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
Watcihng this all play out in the media...it seem the mistress of general allen is even moe of a danger as they now believe she is being paid to be a spy so it seem they ae following th emoney attached to her.
Anyone taking 'top secret' info is in big trouble so maybe all of this bed room is to distract on maybe a giant 'terroist' cell allowed in an dout of the pentagon at will?!? (nup)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
LOL Steve so true so true...the ones at the top jus tlike the ones at the bottom will say, "I am not going to get caught"...and that expression of <"The FBI always get thei rman is true also So I am going to just continue to filter out the bed room frenzy since I heard the report about where is the living first class money coming infrom someone with no visable meanss of support?(smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
